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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 26 ha
Getting here
52.45788, -0.55481
Open directionsv Lyveden New Bield is an unfinished Elizabethan summer house in the parish of Aldwincle in North Northamptonshire, commissioned by Sir Thomas Tresham and now owned by the National Trust. It is a Grade I listed building, classing it as a 'building of exceptional interest.
Read more on Wikipedia → Country house Grade I listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: LYVEDEN NEW BIELD; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Ruddy Darter, Brown Hawker, Migrant Hawker +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White Comfrey, Opium Poppy, Lesser / Wood Burdock +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Nene Way Walking route 177 km ▾
Named route Length 177 km Regional walking route
Show on map Lyveden Way Walking route 15.2 km ▾
Named route Length 15.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Northamptonshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map 9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
7,834 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,834 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Magpie +45
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Raven Corvus corax Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Skylark Alauda arvensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnet Linaria cannabina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Whitethroat Curruca communis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Redwing Turdus iliacus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Siskin Spinus spinus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Stock Dove Columba oenas House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 12 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Ruddy Darter · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Ground-hopper +7
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami White Comfrey · Opium Poppy · Lesser / Wood Burdock · Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet +28
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum2025 Lesser / Wood Burdock Arctium minus2025 Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum2025 Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025 Hard Rush Juncus inflexus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,834 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Magpie +45
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Raven Corvus corax Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Skylark Alauda arvensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnet Linaria cannabina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Whitethroat Curruca communis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Redwing Turdus iliacus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Siskin Spinus spinus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Stock Dove Columba oenas House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 12 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Ruddy Darter · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Ground-hopper +7
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami White Comfrey · Opium Poppy · Lesser / Wood Burdock · Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet +28
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum2025 Lesser / Wood Burdock Arctium minus2025 Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum2025 Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025 Hard Rush Juncus inflexus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark Bush-cricket
Dark Bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata 2025
2025
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2025
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2025
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum2025
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Black Bryony Tamus communis2025
Black Bryony Tamus communis2025
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica2025
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica2025
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa2025
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa2025
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025
Spindle Euonymus europaeus2025
Spindle Euonymus europaeus2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2025
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera2025
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera2025
Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis2025
Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis2025
Aspen Populus tremula2025
Aspen Populus tremula2025
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum2025
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum2025
Goat Willow Salix caprea2025
Goat Willow Salix caprea2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper2025
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Tall Melilot Melilotus altissimus2025
Tall Melilot Melilotus altissimus2025
Rosa canina Rosa canina2025
Rosa canina Rosa canina2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025
Common Couch Elymus repens2025
Common Couch Elymus repens2025
Scorpion Weed Phacelia tanacetifolia2025
Scorpion Weed Phacelia tanacetifolia2025
Walnut Juglans regia2025
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